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TIL Planes Have Windshield Wipers

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a87wo TIL Colin Hanks (Tom Hanks Son) owns a handkerchief company called Hanks Kerchiefs
wowRJ TIL those charities that collect 'Pop Tabs' from soda/beer cans make money via the recycling value of the metal. 23 tabs are worth 1 cent. 1lb of tabs is worth 50 cents.
XwR8 TIL: Spain Cheated in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 10 of the 12 players on their roster “were encouraged to pretend to be stupid” and had no mental disability.
KM7J TIL after Merriam-Webster added “McJob"–defined: a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement–to their dictionary, McDonald’s asked for it to be removed. They responded with "we stand by the accuracy and appropriateness of our definition.”
po8N TIL of Jeanne de Clisson. After her husband was beheaded by the french, she sold all of her land and holdings to fund a pirate army. She hunted and destroyed all the French ships that they could. When she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.